New York Medical College - Fleuroscope Yearbook (Valhalla, NY)

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Known as the Father of Medicine, I-lippocrates gained undying tame-not only for the surprising profundity oi his empirical medical knowledge, but also for the creation of an ideology and code oi ethics-which, in its pursuance-has established the honor and dignity of the medical profession. For centuries, the ideals of the I-lippocratic Oath have been indelibly impressed upon all those asso- ciated with the practice of Medicine. As those who follow the precepts expounded at the Sermon on the Mount receive the admiration and respect of their fellow men, so too, do the practitioners of the ideals and spirit embodied in the Oath.

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MR. T I-1ALSEY'S MESSAGE h TO THE STUDENT BODY Gentlemen: In reviewing the year which ends this Iune, it might possibly seem that this has been one of little progress as far as the Institution goes. What has actually been taking place, however, is a situation involving the consolidation of our gains cf the year before. As you know, it is not easy for a person to assimilate a very large bite all at once. The same is true of an educational institution. Therefore, we have been slowly but surely digesting this mouth- ful which we bit off last year. To you Undergraduates, this may seem a slow and painful process but let me assure you that it is most necessary. Along with this, however, our plans for the future have been developing with as much speed as we can normally hope for. The blueprint drawings of The proposed new College building have been completed, and while efforts to raise the money for this building have been delayed by several unfore- seen events, we have actually got a portion of it in the bank and prospects for the rest are materializing gradually. Until this is raised, we will have to be content with our present layout, but it is my sincere hope and belief that it will not be very long before our entire plant will be classed among the finest in the country. The need for doctors is as great today as it ever was, but because of the depression, the need for honest, sincere unselfish physicians and surgeons is greater than it was before. You have a marvelous opportunity before you. If You handle it in the proper way, the possibilities for the future are unlimited. On the other hand, if you only see in your practice an opportunity to make money, your future is very definitely limited. The choice is yours to make, and I can do no more than Wish you my sincere good wishes for your future. Very sincerely yours, CHARLES D. HALSEY PRESIDENT Board of Trustees Fifty one

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The Cath of Hippocrates SWGHR hy Hpollo the Physician and Hesculapius and hy Hygiea and Panacea and hy all the gods and goddesses, that according to my ability and judgment , I will keep this oath and stipulation: to reckon him who taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my suhstance with him and relieve his needsg to regard his offspring as on the same footing with my own hrothers,and to teach them this art if they should wish to learn it. By precept and lecture and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the art to my own sons and to those of my teachers and to disciples hound by a stipulation and oath, according to the law of medicine, hut to no others. I WILL follow that method of treatment which, according to my ability and judgment,I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and wrong. Iwill give no deadly medicine to anyone, even if aslced, nor suggest any such counsel: furthermorel will not give to a woman an instrument to produce ahortion. WITH PURITY and with holiness Iwill pass my life and practice my Hrt. Iwill not cut a person who is lahoring under the stone, hut will this to practioners of this art.lnto whatsoever house I enter,Iwill go for the. heneht of the sick and will ahstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption, and further from the seduction of females or males, hound or free. WHHTGVGR I shall see or hear in the lives of men, which ought not to he Spolcen ahroad, I will not divulge, reclconing that all such should he kept secret. WHILE I CCNTINUG to lceep this, my oath, inviolate, may it he granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of my art, respected hy all men, at all times, hut shouldltrespass and violate this oath, may the reverse he my lot.